Invade All of the Humans! - Netflix

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"Invade All of the Humans!", a brand new animated comedy shorts
series will debut on Sunday, 4 September 2016. The premise of the series
is that a couple of tiny, adorable robots are planning to conquer earth,
but what they don't realize is that "earth" is a tiny patch of a dingy
British park, in between a trashcan and a park bench. Oh, and all of
their schemes are conveyed through a series of jaunty hip-hop tunes
(with those sections animated in the lo-fi style of a classic 8-bit
videogame). It's charming and weird and brilliantly stylized, using a
combination of real locations, 3D and 2D animation, and manipulated
images. Truly, you will fall in love with Caclulord 3 and PX Micron,
lively robots that will definitely conquer your heart.

Type: Animation

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 2 minutes

Premier: 2016-09-03

Invade All of the Humans! - History of the world - Netflix

The history of the world is the history of humanity (or human history),
as determined from archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and
other disciplines; and, for periods since the invention of writing, from
recorded history and from secondary sources and studies. Humanity's
written history was preceded by its prehistory, beginning with the
Palaeolithic Era (“Early Stone Age”), followed by the Neolithic Era
(“New Stone Age”). The Neolithic saw the Agricultural Revolution begin,
between 8000 and 5000 BCE, in the Near East's Fertile Crescent. The
Agricultural Revolution marked a fundamental change in history, with
humans beginning the systematic husbandry of plants and animals. As
agriculture advanced, most humans transitioned from a nomadic to a
settled lifestyle as farmers in permanent settlements. The relative
security and increased productivity provided by farming allowed
communities to expand into increasingly larger units, fostered by
advances in transportation. Whether in prehistoric or historic times,
people always needed to be near reliable sources of potable water.
Cities developed on river banks as early as 3000 BCE, when some of the
first well-developed settlements arose in Mesopotamia, on the banks of
Egypt's Nile River, in the Indus River valley, and along China's rivers.
As farming developed, grain agriculture became more sophisticated and
prompted a division of labour to store food between growing seasons.
Labour divisions led to the rise of a leisured upper class and the
development of cities, which provided the foundation for civilization.
The growing complexity of human societies necessitated systems of
accounting and writing. With civilizations flourishing, ancient history
(“Antiquity,” including the Classical Age, up to about 500 CE) saw the
rise and fall of empires. Post-classical history (the “Middle Ages,” c.
500–1500 CE ) witnessed the rise of Christianity, the Islamic Golden Age
(c. 750 CE – c. 1258 CE), and the early Italian Renaissance (from around
1300 CE). The Early Modern Period, sometimes referred to as the
“European Age”, from about 1500 to 1800, included the Age of
Enlightenment and the Age of Discovery. The mid-15th-century invention
of modern printing, employing movable type, revolutionized communication
and facilitated ever wider dissemination of information, helping end the
Middle Ages and ushering in the Scientific Revolution. By the 18th
century, the accumulation of knowledge and technology had reached a
critical mass that brought about the Industrial Revolution and began the
Late Modern Period, which starts around 1800 and includes the current
day. This scheme of historical periodization (dividing history into
Antiquity, Post-Classical, Early Modern, and Late Modern periods) was
developed for, and applies best to, the history of the Old World,
particularly Europe and the Mediterranean. Outside this region,
including ancient China and ancient India, historical timelines unfolded
differently. However, by the 18th century, due to extensive world trade
and colonization, the histories of most civilizations had become
substantially intertwined. In the last quarter-millennium, the rates of
growth of population, knowledge, technology, communications, commerce,
weapons destructiveness, and environmental degradation have greatly
accelerated, creating opportunities and perils that now confront the
planet's human communities.

Invade All of the Humans! - East Asia - Netflix

In Japan, the imperial lineage had been established by this time, and
during the Asuka period (538–710) the Yamato Province developed into a
clearly centralized state. Buddhism was introduced, and there was an
emphasis on the adoption of elements of Chinese culture and
Confucianism. The Nara period of the 8th century marked the emergence of
a strong Japanese state and is often portrayed as a golden age. During
this period, the imperial government undertook great public works,
including government offices, temples, roads, and irrigation systems.
The Heian period (794 to 1185) saw the peak of imperial power, followed
by the rise of militarized clans, and the beginning of Japanese
feudalism. The feudal period of Japanese history, dominated by powerful
regional lords (daimyōs) and the military rule of warlords (shōguns)
such as the Ashikaga shogunate and Tokugawa shogunate, stretched from
1185 to 1868. The emperor remained, but mostly as a figurehead, and the
power of merchants was weak. Postclassical Korea saw the end of the
Three Kingdoms era, the three kingdoms being Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.
Silla conquered Baekje in 660, and Goguryeo in 668, marking the
beginning of the North–South States Period (남북국시대), with Unified
Silla in the south and Balhae, a successor state to Goguryeo, in the
north. In 892 CE, this arrangement reverted to the Later Three Kingdoms,
with Goguryeo (then called Taebong and eventually named Goryeo) emerging
as dominant, unifying the entire peninsula by 936. The founding Goryeo
dynasty ruled until 1392, succeeded by the Joseon, which ruled for
approximately 500 years.

After a period of relative disunity, the Sui dynasty reunified China in
581, and under the succeeding Tang dynasty (618–907) China entered a
Golden Age. The Tang dynasty eventually splintered, however, and after
half a century of turmoil the Song Dynasty reunified China, when it was,
according to William McNeill, the “richest, most skilled, and most
populous country on earth”. Pressure from nomadic empires to the north
became increasingly urgent. By 1142, North China had been lost to the
Jurchens in the Jin–Song Wars, and the Mongol Empire conquered all of
China in 1279, along with almost half of Eurasia's landmass. After about
a century of Mongol Yuan dynasty rule, the ethnic Chinese reasserted
control with the founding of the Ming dynasty (1368).